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To resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.
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We thought he was going to die, but the doctors managed to bring him round.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- all walks of life
- beauty sleep
- bent on
- brush up
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- by leaps and bounds
- catch-as-catch-can
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- flesh out
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- ground rules
- have a look-see
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- if needs be
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- no slouch
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- nugget of truth
- on board
- out of character
- out of one's depth
- out of order
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- quarter past
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